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418847

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with international partners on the inclusion of Investor State Dispute Settlement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has ongoing discussions on the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Free Trade Agreement currently being negotiated between the EU and US, also known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. These discussions have included other EU member states, the European Commission, civil society groups, and other stakeholders. We want investment protection provisions that guarantee the right of governments to legislate in the public interest while ensuring access to justice for investors who are discriminated against or treated unfairly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has Bilateral Investment Treaties in force with 94 countries and has never faced a serious investor state dispute claim.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 10314 question first answered 23/09/2015 09:15:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418848

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from campaign groups on the inclusion of Investor State Dispute Settlement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has ongoing discussions on the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Free Trade Agreement currently being negotiated between the EU and US, also known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. These discussions have included other EU member states, the European Commission, civil society groups, and other stakeholders. We want investment protection provisions that guarantee the right of governments to legislate in the public interest while ensuring access to justice for investors who are discriminated against or treated unfairly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has Bilateral Investment Treaties in force with 94 countries and has never faced a serious investor state dispute claim.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 10313 question first answered 23/09/2015 09:15:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418849

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from private companies on the exemption of health services from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>I am not aware of this department having received any representations of this nature.</p><p>The UK has protected the NHS and public services in all trade agreements and will continue to do so in this deal. This is non-negotiable.</p><p>As Commissioner Malmström and US Trade Representative Froman have said “No EU or US trade agreement requires governments to privatise any service, or prevents governments from expanding the range of services they supply to the public. Moreover, these agreements do not prevent governments from providing public services previously supplied by private service suppliers; contracting a public service to private providers does not mean that it becomes irreversibly part of the commercial sector.”</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/09/2015 09:12:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418850

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with international partners on the exemption of health services from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK has protected the NHS and public services in all trade agreements and will continue to do so in this deal. We have made clear to our international partners that this is non-negotiable and sought assurances from them.</p><p>In response, in January, the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, wrote an open letter to the then Minister of State for Trade and Investment, clarifying that EU countries will be free to decide how they run their public services and stating explicitly that the NHS is not at risk from this free trade agreement.</p><p>In March, she and the US Trade Representative, Mike Froman issued a joint public statement reiterating this.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/09/2015 09:13:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418872

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to make homes carbon neutral.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The energy performance standards for new homes were strengthened by over 30% during the last Parliament. The latest changes to standards came into force last year and it is important for those changes to be given time to bed in. The Government therefore is keeping the energy standards for homes under review.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 22/09/2015 12:49:44 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418891

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Cycling: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on promoting cycling as a method for reducing carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>My Right Honourable Friend has had frequent discussions with all relevant Secretaries of State, including the Secretary of State for Transport, on the options for reducing the UK’s carbon emissions. This is in advance of the Government outlining our plan, over the course of next year, for how we will meet our carbon targets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/09/2015 13:04:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418902

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the proportion of energy used in the UK that was from renewable sources in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion of energy used in the UK from renewable sources, in each of the last five years, as measured under the 2009 EU Renewable Energy Directive.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewable energy</p><p>share of gross final energy</p><p>consumption</p></td><td>3.8%</td><td>4.2%</td><td>4.7%</td><td>5.6%</td><td>7.0%</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:</p><p>Table DUKES 6.7, Digest of UK Energy Statistics, 2015 available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/09/2015 12:20:54 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418943

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Morquio Syndrome: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS England funds homecare costs for patients currently in receipt of the Vimizim drug from BioMarin.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>NHS England can confirm that it does and will continue to reimburse costs incurred by National Health Service trusts for providing homecare for patients currently in receipt of Vimizim.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England remains committed to supporting any additional costs associated with the delivery of Vimizim to individuals who are continuing treatment following on from the clinical trial.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This message was communicated in a letter from the Director of Specialised Commissioning, Richard Jeavons, to the Chief Executive of the Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases (The MPS Society), Christine Lavery, on 17 August.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/09/2015 14:34:02 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418944

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS England: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct the Director of Specialised Commissioning at NHS England to respond to the letter from the MPS Society dated 20 August 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Director of Specialised Commissioning at NHS England, Richard Jeavons, has confirmed that he has received the letter from the MPS society dated 20 August.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A response to the correspondence was sent on 16 September following Mr Jeavons’ return from a period of annual leave.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/09/2015 15:06:36 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418985

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in each constituency will be affected by the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>This information is unavailable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is making changes to Tax Credits and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The emphasis is on supporting hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, rather than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMT has published a distributional analysis of the impact of the Summer Budget 2015 which includes the effect of tax credit and other welfare measures on households. This information can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information on families’ tax credit awards within local authorities. The most recent available data is for 2013-14 and can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of families in individual constituencies receiving tax credits and the average value of these payments can be found in table 2.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/09/2015 12:57:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland